Education Technology Society
Casting a critical eye over the world of digital education, education futures and EdTech.
Join Neil Selwyn as he talks to experts from around the world committed to new ways of thinking about digital technology and education
Education Technology Society
Getting Google out of Danish schools?
2022 saw a flurry of reports that the Danish Data Protection Agency was ordering schools to stop using Google products over the tech firm’s misuse of students’ personal data.
We talk to Emilie Mørch Groth (Aarhus University) to see what has happened since, what this controversy tells us about the digital dependency of the modern welfare state, and the complexities of pushing back against Big Tech corporations.
Accompanying reference >>> Morgan Meaker (2022). A Danish city built Google into its schools—then banned it. Wired, 23rd September, https://www.wired.com/story/denmark-google-schools-data/